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  Wednesday, January 4, 2006

Recapping Tuesday and Highlighting Wednesday, 1/4
By Drew Barnette

RECAPPING href=/profile//> TUESDAY. href=/profile//>

-It href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> bigger href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> exciting href=/profile//> night href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> world href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> college href=/profile//> hoops href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> originally href=/profile//> expected. href=/profile//> Kentucky href=/profile//> faced href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> UCF, href=/profile//> Wake href=/profile//> Forest href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> taking href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> East href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Oklahoma href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> SMU. href=/profile//> All href=/profile//> easy href=/profile//> wins, href=/profile//> right?? href=/profile//> Well, href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> really. href=/profile//> Wake’s href=/profile//> 58-54 href=/profile//> victory href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> East href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> largest href=/profile//> margin href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> victory href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> games. href=/profile//>

href=/profile//> UCF href=/profile//> jumped href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> early href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Kentucky, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Kentucky href=/profile//> quickly href=/profile//> came href=/profile//> storming href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> built href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> 33-26 href=/profile//> halftime href=/profile//> lead. href=/profile//> That href=/profile//> isn’t href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> lead, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> seeing href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> trailed href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> 7 href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> appeared href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> control. href=/profile//> UCF href=/profile//> stuck href=/profile//> right href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> through href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> half href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> took href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> 1pt href=/profile//> lead href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> less href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> 6 href=/profile//> minutes href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> seesawed href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> forth href=/profile//> after href=/profile//> that. href=/profile//> UCF href=/profile//> hit href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> pointer href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> tie href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> 57-57 href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> 30 href=/profile//> secs href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> took href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> Rajon href=/profile//> Rondo href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> give href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Wildcats href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> win.

SMU href=/profile//> missed href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> pointers href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Oklahoma href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> forced href=/profile//> overtime. href=/profile//> Oklahoma href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> terrible href=/profile//> night href=/profile//> shooting href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> lucky href=/profile//> SMU href=/profile//> didn’t href=/profile//> pull href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> upset.


-The href=/profile//> biggest href=/profile//> surprise href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> day href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> Marquette’s href=/profile//> decisive href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Connecticut. href=/profile//> At href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> Marquette href=/profile//> looked href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Huskies, href=/profile//> except href=/profile//> tonight. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> score href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> 94-79, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Marquette href=/profile//> actually href=/profile//> led href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> 23 href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> late href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> easily href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> biggest href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> massive href=/profile//> role href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> resume href=/profile//> come href=/profile//> March. href=/profile//> Connecticut href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> outstanding href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Maui href=/profile//> Invitational, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> feeding href=/profile//> themselves href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> steady href=/profile//> diet href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> cupcakes href=/profile//> since href=/profile//> then. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> serve href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> wakeup href=/profile//> call. href=/profile//>


-Old href=/profile//> Dominion href=/profile//> got href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> massive href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> UNC href=/profile//> Wilmington href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> improve href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> 2-1 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league href=/profile//> outright href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> lose href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> able href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> large href=/profile//> bid href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> fail href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament.


-North href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> Davidson href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> handily href=/profile//> 82-58. href=/profile//> Davidson href=/profile//> falls href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> 4-5 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> div1. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> dominate href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Southern href=/profile//> Conference href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> run href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> table href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> consideration href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> large href=/profile//> bid. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> use href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> help href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> Saint href=/profile//> Joseph’s href=/profile//> whom href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> earlier href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> That href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> turn href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> quality href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them. href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> appears href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> excellent href=/profile//> shape href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> far href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> making href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> dance href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>


-Iona href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> alive href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> kicking, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> question href=/profile//> now href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> enough href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> paper href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> paper href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> bid href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> dance href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> fail href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> Fresno href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> does href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> look href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> means, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Iona href=/profile//> barely href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> 70-69 href=/profile//> after href=/profile//> trailing href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> minute href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> They’ll href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> run href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> table href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> come href=/profile//> close href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> want href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> earn href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> large href=/profile//> bid, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> It’s href=/profile//> beginning href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> look href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> they’re href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> enough href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> it. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> definite href=/profile//> favorites href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> league, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> winning href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> (or href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> one) href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> harder. href=/profile//>


-Texas href=/profile//> A&M’s href=/profile//> undefeated href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> came href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Pacific. href=/profile//> Chances href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> they’ll href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> once href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> begins. href=/profile//>



HIGHLIGHTED href=/profile//> MATCHUPS

OUT href=/profile//> OF href=/profile//> CONFERENCE

-SOUTH href=/profile//> ALABAMA href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> TENNESSEE href=/profile//> (DirecTV href=/profile//> #630, href=/profile//> 7pm, href=/profile//> est). href=/profile//> South href=/profile//> Alabama href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> having href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> fairly href=/profile//> impressive href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> 9-2 href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Houston, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they’ve href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> weak href=/profile//> competition href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> weak href=/profile//> teams. href=/profile//> Tennessee href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> 8-1 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> weak href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> themselves, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Texas href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> shows href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//>

-UTEP href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> SYRACUSE. href=/profile//> UTEP href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> streak href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> after href=/profile//> making href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tourney href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> years href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> row href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> danger href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> missing href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> want href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> they’ll href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> pick href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> something href=/profile//> impressive href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> C-USA. href=/profile//> Syracuse href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> roll, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> hasn’t href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> name href=/profile//> teams. href=/profile//> A href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> tonight href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> 12-2 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play. href=/profile//>

-MIDDLE href=/profile//> TENNESSEE href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> MEMPHIS. href=/profile//> Memphis href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> coming href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Texas href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> looking href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> rebound href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> that. href=/profile//> Middle href=/profile//> Tennessee href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Sun href=/profile//> Belt, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> overmatched href=/profile//> today. href=/profile//> Memphis href=/profile//> isn’t href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> overlook href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> either href=/profile//> seeing href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> instate href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> coming href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> loss. href=/profile//>

-TX href=/profile//> A&M href=/profile//> CORPUS href=/profile//> CHRISTI href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> MARYLAND. href=/profile//> TAMUCC href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> respectable href=/profile//> 10-4 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tougher href=/profile//> independent href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> there. href=/profile//> I’ve href=/profile//> always href=/profile//> said href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> it’s href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> shame href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> aren’t href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Southland href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> makes href=/profile//> geographic href=/profile//> sense href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> chance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> automatic href=/profile//> bid. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> overmatched href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Maryland href=/profile//> today href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//> A href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Terps href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> 11-2 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> before href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> enter href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> bulk href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> schedule. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>



ACC

-CLEMSON href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> FLORIDA href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> Both href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> impressive href=/profile//> records, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> unimpressive href=/profile//> schedules. href=/profile//> Clemson href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> decent href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> South href=/profile//> Carolina, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> coming href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> horrible href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Elon. href=/profile//> You href=/profile//> read href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> correctly. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> nice href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> boost href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> whoever href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> schedule href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> weak href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> OOC href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> put href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> pressure href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> yourself href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> perform href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> nothing href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> fall href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> don’t. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ACC href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> pressure href=/profile//> enough.



BIG href=/profile//> EAST

-NOTRE href=/profile//> DAME href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> PITTSBURGH href=/profile//> (DirecTV href=/profile//> #786, href=/profile//> 7pm, href=/profile//> est). href=/profile//> Pitt href=/profile//> feasted href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> cupcakes href=/profile//> early, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> showed href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> actually href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> tough href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> went href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> South href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> Wisconsin href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> Notre href=/profile//> Dame href=/profile//> scheduled href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> weak href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> effort href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Michigan href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> picked href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> nice href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Alabama. href=/profile//> They’ve href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> lately. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> definitely href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> biggest href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Irish href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> far, href=/profile//> especially href=/profile//> since href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> opener. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> undefeated href=/profile//> ranked href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> href=/profile//>

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-XAVIER href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> SAINT href=/profile//> JOSEPH’S href=/profile//> (DirecTV href=/profile//> #783, href=/profile//> 6pm, href=/profile//> est). href=/profile//> Xavier href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> feeding href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> steady href=/profile//> diet href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> cupcakes href=/profile//> since href=/profile//> November. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> they’ve href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> potential/likely href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Creighton href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Illinois, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> both. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> want href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> dance. href=/profile//> Saint href=/profile//> Joseph’s href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> faced href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> tough href=/profile//> competition href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> well, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> efforts. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Kansas href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> turn href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> helpful, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> fall href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> don’t href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> pressure href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> entertaining href=/profile//> series href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> past href=/profile//> several href=/profile//> seasons href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> shouldn’t href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> different. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> high href=/profile//> stakes href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> between href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> rivals href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> prove href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> worthy. href=/profile//>

-GEORGE href=/profile//> WASHINGTON href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> TEMPLE. href=/profile//> GW href=/profile//> hasn’t href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> few href=/profile//> road href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> they’ve href=/profile//> had. href=/profile//> They’re href=/profile//> coming href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> rather href=/profile//> decisive href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> NC href=/profile//> State. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Maryland, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> overall href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> feasted href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> cupcakes href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> perform href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> little href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> fall href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> don’t. href=/profile//> Temple href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> tougher href=/profile//> slate, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> now href=/profile//> doesn’t href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> (although href=/profile//> Alabama href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> turn href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> big). href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> interesting href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> contrasting href=/profile//> styles. href=/profile//> GW href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> athletic href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> loves href=/profile//> transition. href=/profile//> Temple href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> disciplined, href=/profile//> plays href=/profile//> killer href=/profile//> matchup href=/profile//> zone href=/profile//> defense, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> takes href=/profile//> care href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ball href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> offense. href=/profile//>

-DAYTON href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> FORDHAM. href=/profile//> Dayton href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> 8-6, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> nice href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Cincinnati href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> real href=/profile//> damaging href=/profile//> losses. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> looking href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> right href=/profile//> now, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> shape href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> pull href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> 12 href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> wins. href=/profile//> Fordham href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> high href=/profile//> expectations href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> after href=/profile//> years href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> misery, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> 4-8 href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> appear href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Fordham href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> A10 href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> used href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> seeing. href=/profile//> href=/profile//> href=/profile//>



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-EASTER href=/profile//> MICHIGAN href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> BUFFALO. href=/profile//> Buffalo href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> impressive href=/profile//> 10-1 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Rutgers href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> haven’t href=/profile//> faced href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> tough href=/profile//> competition. href=/profile//> Still, href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> division href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> avoid href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> bad href=/profile//> losses href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> possibly href=/profile//> earn href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> large href=/profile//> bid. href=/profile//> Eastern href=/profile//> Michigan href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> 3-5 href=/profile//> though, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> damaging href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> lose. href=/profile//>



MOUNTAIN href=/profile//> WEST

-COLORADO href=/profile//> STATE href=/profile//> AT href=/profile//> SAN href=/profile//> DIEGO href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> Colorado href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> impressive href=/profile//> run href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> posting href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> 11-2 href=/profile//> record href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> picking href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> nice href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> along href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> way. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> opener href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> title href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> avoid href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> sub href=/profile//> 100 href=/profile//> RPI href=/profile//> losses href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> likely href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> alright href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> far href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> making href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> Tournament. href=/profile//> SDSU href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> talented href=/profile//> team, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> aren’t href=/profile//> necessarily href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> dangerous, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> inconsistent href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> 7-5 href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season.

 
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